Non-Fiction Non-Narrative Salinger

I dont really connect with Salinger very much. I guess if I had to connect with him I would connect kinda with him not sharing much of his writing. I like to write stories and stuff I am not very good at it though,but he was I dont like to share any of my stories with anyone because I dont want anyone to not like it, but I guess thats a part of life. I definatly think that Salinger is in away writing Holden as himself. I think that Salinger enjoys writing but he doesnt want to share it with the world and Holdens kinda the same I think that he knows he is smart and can do good things but doesnt want too. Also I think that Holden and Salinger are connected because of their relationships. Holden doesnt really want a relationship and neither does Salinger. I think that they are both too scared to have a real true relationship with anyone.This article hasn't really helped me connect to Salinger . Like I said earlier that would be my connection to him and his writing. I dont understand though why he didnt want to publish anything else. He was a good writer and a lot of people enjoyed his book. I guess he just didn't want the publicity of doing something good.

Connecting to Holden

I can connect to Holden in a similar way as Mr. Toland did. It was last year on November 7th my grandpa past away. He was in the hospital for about a week and it was actually really quite devasting to me to loose my first grandfather. I was in the same boat as Mr. Toland I am the oldest child in my family and I had to stay strong for my family. I felt like all I wanted to do was cry but I didnt atleast not for awhile. I really didnt know how to deal with his death it was all a shock to us. My grandma said a week before my grandpa was admitted to the icu that he was fine and everything was going to be okay. The next week my dad came by and told me and my sister that he was in the hospital. We really didnt know what to do. So school was still going on and we went and we tried to get up there as much as we could then no November 7th my grandpa passed on and it was something I just had to deal with. I think that kinda what Holdens going through. He doesnt really know how to handle his brother Allies death. I think that he still misses him a lot. I understand how hard it is to loose someone but to loose your own brother and to be a teen is even harder then loosing your grandpa. I think the way Holden tries to handle the death of his brother is through frustration. I think that there are only a few people that he actually really loved and cared about and that would be Allie. Hopefully Holden begins to learn that his brother is in a better place and that his life is not so bad and he begins to have a better social life later on in the book, also I hope that he becomes a little more nicer to others and try a little bit harder.

Salinger

I think that it would make a huge differince in american writing. I think that so many people loved his writing when The Catcher in the Rye came out I think that a lot of people would be very interested in his new books and whatever else he has written. Since Salinger has been writing every day of his life since he published The Catcher in The Rye and has not published anything else because he rejected fame it should be quite interesting to see what he has accomplished over all that time.